Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Expedition cruise ship "Grigoriy Mikheev" encounters a Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the shifting pack ice west of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June.

Nick Garbutt / Expedition ship 'Akademik Vavilov', Neko Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. February 2010.(digitally stitched image)

Onne van der Wal / View from the bow of the Russian expedition cruise ship "Professor Molvanov", making progress through the icy Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

Onne van der Wal / Bow of expedition cruise ship "Professor Molvanov" cruising through the icy Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.